(BTW, system clock at prino.org seems 4 hours fast:
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On 2020-04-10, at 13:40:08, Robert Prins wrote:
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> On 2020-04-09 18:04, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
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>>>>
>> What do others know about Fan Dezhi, aka tn3270://efglobe.com?
>> o Is it safe?
>
> Define "safe"
>
Doesn't install malware. Doesn't trigger DMCA, etc. enforcement.
>> o Prohibits use for:
>> - Training
>
> To prevent sh*tloads of clueless Indians screwing up.
>
>> - any sort of "Hello world" program
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> About the dumbest program ever.
>
Gotta start small.
>> - What does that leave?
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> PL/I, Cobol, keeping your skill (marginally) up-to-date, in case you want to
> go to New Jersey?
>
>> - Is OMVS available?
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> Also dead.
>
"dead" as functionally stabilized, or as unavailable. I thought
TCP/IP nowadays practically requires OMVS. I wonder what Rexx
ADDRESS SYSCALL ... does?
>> o One of the named principals appears to be a regular contributor to
>> IBM-MAIN.
>
> Who? Me? Only admin on the forum, and that just means kicking off the
> spammers, and blocking large parts of the Internet from even accessing it. I
> rarely log on to the system nowadays, given that I now have legal access to
> an completely up-to-date system.
>> o Who pays for it?
> efglobe, whoever they are.
>
"whoever" exactly.
Thanks,
gil
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